Rafael Nadal eyes return to competitive tennis at Monte Carlo

octobrina10

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Yeah the knee problem thing is probably most baffling thing to understand when Nadal's career and his history with injuries is in question. In many of the old YouTube videos you see him with a patch under his knees, in the first part of his career he took many off clay injury breaks because of the knee, many of his doctors and other team members were telling us constantly that the situation with the knee is really bad, chronic and pretty much incurable, many other experts, pundits, fans were speculating that because of the bad knee he will not last longer than 26, of course Nadal himself didn't shied off in every opportunity he had from telling us about the difficulty living with the chronic knee injury, the daily pain he is feeling in his knee and how scared he has been about his future living with a bad knee, and nobody was mentioning the fricking birth foot problem back then it was all about the knee, the knee, the knee. So what happened with the knee exactly. It's 2023 and we haven't heard about the chronic knee problem for almost 10 years now. So the problem must be solved, right? Right?:unsure:

Magic!? :unsure:

Hi, Djoko fanatic aka Rafa basher! I wrote in one of my previous posts (# 116):
¤¤ 1) Rafa underwent PRP treatment on his knees in 2010 (in April & July) and stem cell treatment on his left knee at the end of 2013.¤¤
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...is-at-monte-carlo.746507/page-3#post-17205750
I wonder why this is not understandable to you? :unsure: :unsure::unsure:
 

octobrina10

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I haven't created anything. Nadal created the issue with his gamesmanship of making almost 100% of the clay season over 18 years and then missing a far larger portion of the hard court season. It is not me, go look at wikipedia and see all the non-clay events he misses due to 'injury." (I am not saying he is never injured during hard court, he is doing the equivalent of a football player taking a dive and exaggerating the seriousness of the injury).
The comment you posted is yet another false accusation against Rafa.
 

LETitBE

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vive le beau jeu !

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yeah......but those treatments are only temporary
why are his knees ok now?
you guys don't believe in miracles? :unsure:

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octobrina10

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yeah......but those treatments are only temporary
why are his knees ok now

His knees don't hurt because he underwent PRP and stem cell therapies. These therahies help to regenerate tissues that are damaged.

 
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ChrisRF

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Hi, Fed devotee! You have posted this picture of your beloved player's animal multiple times. You should post it in the Former Pro Player Talk.
Okay, this time I genuinely had to smile about a comeback from you, even as a "Fed devotee" myself. See, nothing wrong with a little bickering from both sides as long as it's not real bashing. ;)
 

Phenomenal

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The issue remains to be explained by Nadal fans that his injury history is extreme so that he is almost always involved in clay and often complaining of injuries at other parts of the season. Those of us who are not Nadal fans believe it is gamesmanship and not a good look for an ATG and possible GOAT candidate.
Since you are a hater even if you are trying to be objective you can never be objective. Not every non Nadal fans think like you. So someone like you is almost a blind person who can't see the truth even if people give you milion evidence.
You were even arguing with me that Grass has more competition than RG. anyway,
Let me give few more examples i know it won't change anything %95. In HC play is more faster and that effects his legs, His play with such intensity gets more worn out with it.

1) Why any player would want to miss any tournament specially slams or Who would Nadal fear, What did Nadal exactly gain from that?
Since 2007 to until 2017 Nadal didn't lose against Federer in a slam match including wins over him 3 AO and a Wimbledon. Nadal has great wins over both of them on hc/grass in their prime.
Yes he has worse record against Djokovic but still he doesn't idioticly run away. Also has more US open including 2-1 H2H as you know.

2) Nadal played against Djokovic(your player) idk how many times 7? (as i know) in his worst period 2015-16 why? because Nadal won slams every year 2005 to 2014 until 15-16. Most of them was not even slams so not that most important tournaments.

3) Nadal still won 2 USO since 2014 and both Federer and Djokovic was in the draw. So how Nadal ran away from Federer and Djokovic if he keeps winning even his later years.
 
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Phenomenal

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4) Why would any player purposely avoid slams? Nadal doesn't only miss less important tournaments he misses 3-6 months of the season including many slams.
Nadal missed many slams in his career due to injury and the slams he was a top contenders in his prime years. If you believe anyone misses a slam purposely then i have nothing to discuss with you. Ok now tell me that USO 12 and USO 14(as a defending champion) Can you say that Nadal was not the top 2 favourite in these slams? There are more. Like AO 14 we won't know the result had he not injured yeah even in a slam final. There is a RG 16 too on clay aswell..

5) Last year Nadal missed clay season 2 of his successful tournaments. Monte Carlo and Barcelona. He had issues in Rome too. so his record was like 3-2 in clay season. One of the worst possible preparation ahead of RG. In the end he won RG and people forget this. It's just shows his greatness.

6) Why would Nadal want to miss Indian wells this year since he has many points to defend from last year he played a final. One of the great records he has since 2005 after 18 consecutive years Nadal left from top 10.

This is a thread about Nadal returning to tennis after planned 8 weeks off since reported few days after his loss to Mcdonald. If you have any doubts in that match you can watch 1 min of 3rd set to believe even if you are a hater.

Nadal fans not making a thread everyday that he could have won many more slams had he not been injured. But instead we get in every debate people crying lying, about his injuries. So i gave these examples to response your false claim about him. Also since Nadal is not good at on hc/grass as he is on clay also not as good as Djokovic and Federer there he can't win everytime on hc/grass otherwise he would have 30+ slams now.
 
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weakera

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4) Why would any player purposely avoid slams? Nadal doesn't only miss less important tournaments he misses 3-6 months of the season including many slams.
Nadal missed many slams in his career due to injury and the slams he was a top contenders in his prime years. If you believe anyone misses a slam purposely then i have nothing to discuss with you. Ok now tell me that USO 12 and USO 14(as a defending champion) Can you say that Nadal was not the top 2 favourite in these slams? There are more. Like AO 14 we won't know the result had he not injured yeah even in a slam final. There is a RG 16 too on clay aswell..

5) Last year Nadal missed clay season 2 of his successful tournaments. Monte Carlo and Barcelona. He had issues in Rome too. so his record was like 3-2 in clay season. One of the worst possible preparation ahead of RG. In the end he won RG and people forget this. It's just shows his greatness.

6) Why would Nadal want to miss Indian wells this year since he has many points to defend from last year he played a final. One of the great records he has since 2005 after 18 consecutive years Nadal left from top 10.

This is a thread about Nadal returning to tennis after planned 8 weeks off since reported few days after his loss to Mcdonald. If you have any doubts in that match you can watch 1 min of 3rd set to believe even if you are a hater.

Nadal fans not making a thread everyday that he could have won many more slams had he not been injured. But instead we get in every debate people crying lying, about his injuries. So i gave these examples to response your false claim about him. Also since Nadal is not good at on hc/grass as he is on clay also not as good as Djokovic and Federer there he can't win everytime on hc/grass otherwise he would have 30+ slams now.

You can't expect any objectivity from a hater.
 

AgassiSuperSlam11

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Nadal returned in 2021 at Washington Open a Category 4 CPI HC (pretty fast) and eventually returned again in 2022 Australia. He wouldn't lose a match until the IW Final. It's fair to say Nadal prefers to play in Clay but to say he deliberately skips HC tournaments is a stretch. The man skipped the South American clay season since 2016. In addition, he missed the Canadian open a tournament he won 5 times several times due to injury. Where I was disappointed was missing the 2020 USO due to the covid pandemic. He was the defending champion, and it would've been interesting to see if he could defend his title. At the time, Covid was perceived to be more under control in Western Europe than NYC and the Tri-State area.
 

DSH

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Not saying Nadal says it, but his fans have to come up with some story since his poor showing is embarrassing at Wimbledon for 10+ years, post US Open, and YEC zero wins and lots of skips. This is further highlighted by his clay skew with 64% slams wins on clay, 72% of Masters 1000 wins on clay, and 70% of all his tournaments. And no wins against Federer since 2014 or Djokovic since 2013.
Nadal has been in the last three semifinals that he played at Wimbledon and, in one of them, he was very close to going to the final and being the favorite to win the title.
And regarding the latter, it was just a coincidence that Nadal has not been able to beat Federer off the clay when in a large part of 2018, 2019 and in the 2020 Australian Open, the Spanish player arrived in better condition and shape in the Majors tournaments than the Swiss but that matchup did not take place.
And although against Djokovic there is not much to say, in much of 2017 and in the first half of 2018, Nadal would have liked to face the Serb at that time.
So, to give an analysis you have to make a correct observation of the facts to give categorical statements and not fall into the nonsense of opinions empty of logic.
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